Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit Team Blog

Updated Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides for Virtualization!

frasim — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:10:00 GMT

The Solution Accelerators team has released two updated guides to further assist organizations in selecting the right virtualization technologies for their business needs: • Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for Selecting the Right Virtualization...(read more)

IBM Hardware Pack for Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit, v1.1.

frasim — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:04:00 GMT

Our friends at IBM have been working hard to provide customers direct insight into IBM Hardware, and guidance for consolidated workloads for IBM System X and Blade servers using MAP 4.0. Take a look at the announcement. I am very proud to announce that...(read more)

IPD Guide for Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway.

frasim — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:00:00 GMT

Interested in Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway? Check out the new beta Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway, and learn a logical three-step process for selecting Forefront UAG features required,...(read more)

Learn more about MAP 4.0

frasim — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:22:00 GMT

Check out this great article on MAP v4 This article explains the new features in MAP v4 including instructions on how users can fine tune their hardware assessments for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to their own hardware profiles. Additionally,...(read more)

MAP 5.0 Community Technical Preview (CTP) - Now Open!

frasim — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:28:00 GMT

Get an early peek at the next release of MAP (version 5.0) when you sign up for the MAP 5.0 Community Technical Preview (CTP). One of the cool new features of MAP 5.0 is further support for heterogeneous environments. Traditionally, MAP had the ability...(read more)

[RTM News] Security Baselines for Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 8!

mapblog — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:13:00 GMT

The Microsoft Solution Accelerators Team is very pleased to announce the release of new security baselines for Windows® 7 and Windows® Internet Explorer® 8. These new baselines are now included with the Security Compliance Management Toolkit Series. Over...(read more)

RTM News - Infrastructure Planning and Design Guide for DirectAccess Now Available!

mapblog — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:41:00 GMT

With the new DirectAccess feature in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 you’ll now have the ability to allow remote users to seamlessly access enterprise shares, websites, and applications without the need to connect to virtual private network (VPN)...(read more)

7 Deployment Tools for Windows 7

mapblog — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:37:00 GMT

Today, Windows 7 is released to cities around the world. Are you thinking about migrating your PCs to Windows 7 for your organizations? To help you with deploying Windows 7 successfully and quickly, Microsoft has been developing lots of great tools and...(read more)

Win Zune HDs Now - Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides Case Study Contest

mapblog — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:23:00 GMT

Microsoft Solution Accelerators Team is currently looking for deployment stories around the use of the Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) Series . Winners chosen by the IPD Team will each receive a Zune HD music player. Infrastructure Planning and...(read more)

Don't Compromise Your IT! Modernize It!

mapblog — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:05:00 GMT

Here's my latest blog post on the " Because It's Everybody's Business " site on Microsoft.com. The article titled " Don't Compromise Your IT! Modernize It! " lays out a few key challenges and solutions to help you save IT costs while maintaining agility...(read more)

Windows 7: The 10 Things to Do First for Windows 7

mapblog — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:33:00 GMT

Are you getting ready for Windows 7? Read the latest TechNet Magazine article, The 10 Things to Do First for Windows 7 , by Bill Boswell. Learn from the expert on how you can use tools like the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit (MAP) for Windows...(read more)

[Video Demo] Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit Demo #3 – Server Migration and Virtualization Assessments

mapblog — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:55:00 GMT

Have you considered consolidating your datacenter servers down to a more manageable number? Are your servers taking up too much of your IT budget simply to power and cool them? Did you know that many organizations like yours may have under-utilized servers...(read more)

[NEWS!] Two New Infrastructure Planning and Design Guides for System Center Operations Manager and Windows Deployment Services

mapblog — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:10:00 GMT

The Infrastructure Planning and Design (IPD) Team from Microsoft Solution Accelerators recently released two new IPD guides to help customers with deployment planning for these Microsoft products: System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Windows Deployment...(read more)

[News!] Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 5.0 In Development (Beta Program Now Open)

mapblog — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 00:04:00 GMT

The Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 5.0 Beta Program is now open for registration. This upcoming release of MAP Toolkit will offer new areas including potential scenarios such as desktop migration assessment to Office 2010 and server migration...(read more)

[Video Demo] Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit Demo #1 – Windows 7 Hardware Assessments

mapblog — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:44:00 GMT

The Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit makes it easier for you to determine if your existing Windows PCs are compatible for Windows 7 upgrade. Use this free toolkit to conduct a quick network-wide assessment now. 1) Download the MAP Toolkit...(read more)